The Kyiv District Court of Odessa has closed criminal proceedings against Serhiy Lepetynskyi, a native of Yevpatoria, who was involved in a scheme to falsify documents to register dozens of fictitious companies. One of these companies was used to sell faulty rusty diesel locomotives to the port of Pivdennyi.
As reported by 368.media, the reason for closing the case was the expiration of the statute of limitations - more than 6 years have passed since the crime.
According to the investigation, in March 2019, Lepetynskyi agreed to become the nominal founder and director of more than 30 legal entities for money, including LLC "A 2020", LLC "AR-TORG", LLC "BORISKOL", LLC "DD-TRADE", LLC "UKRPROEKTSERVIS-2017" and others. He issued a power of attorney for full disposal of his shares to another person, handed over copies of his passport and TIN, and had no intention of doing business.
The prosecutor's office qualified Lepetynsky's actions as aiding and abetting in entering knowingly false information into the state register (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code). However, the suspect did not evade the investigation and did not commit new crimes. Prosecutor Nataliya Dulska filed a motion to close the case, which the court granted.
Lepetynsky and his defense attorney supported the motion, so he was cleared of criminal liability.
